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9th, February 2010 Reviews 2

BBC Reader Says Iran Needs Nuclear Bomb For The Gays

Want to know why Iran needs the nuclear bomb? Because Iran needs the gays to be happy. And the USA can't take it... More »

9th, February 2010 National Enquirer

Brad Pitt 'Breaks Down' As Angelina Jolie 'Taunts' Him

BRAD Pitt and Angelina Jolie are frotting and rubbing and groping at the Super Bowl. It’s entertaining stuff, keeping the fans thrilled in those long boring bits between the adverts. Brad and Ange are together. But still the National Enquirer hammers away at the couple that have already split, or not... More »

9th, February 2010 Celebrities

Plans To Clone Farrah Fawcett: Angel Hair For Sale

FARRAH Fawcett has died. But can she be revived? In "Will this be used to clone Farrah Fawcett?", Anorak's Man In LA looks at one macabre artifact for sale. Well, how do you follow Napoleon's penis? More »

8th, February 2010 In Pictures

Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Super Bowl

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8th, February 2010 Strange But True

The 2010 Venice Carnival In Pictures, Death And A Hanging

The Venice Carnival 2010 featured a slaughtered bull, 12 dead pigs in the Piazza San Marco and local toff Bianca Brandolini being hung from a scaffold. More »

8th, February 2010 Celebrities

Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Sue News Of The World: Schillings Again

HAVING helped with the John Terry and Vanessa Perroncel debacle with the News of The World, London law firm Schillings is now advising Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in their case against the, er, NoTW - specifically the papers claim they were going to split... More »

8th, February 2010 Celebrities

Britain’s Got Talent Auditions At The Hammersmith Apollo London

THE Britain’s Got Talent Auditions at The Hammersmith Apollo London, with Ant (right) and Dec (left) eyebrow wrangler Amanda Holden, walking inflatable Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell. More »

8th, February 2010 Celebrities

Jedward Video: Chewed Up And Spat Out By Warrington Wolves

What news of X Factor’s singing Duracell Gonks Jedward? Well, they’ve been miming a Robbie Williams song, Ghostbusters and Under Pressure at a Warrington Wolves Vs.. More »

8th, February 2010 Strange But True 2

Bus Driver Stops London Bus To Chant: Pat Sharp Bombs

ON the No.24 to Hampstead Heath, the driver has pulled up to pray on his dayglo safety vest... More »

8th, February 2010 Reviews

Dizaei Rascal: The Case Of Commander Ali Dizaei, In Pictures

Deeply upsetting news that Commander Ali Dizaei, a top Scotland Yard officer, has been sentenced to four year in prison for misconduct and perverting the course of justice. More »

8th, February 2010 Celebrities 3

Jennifer Lopez And Marc Anthony At The Super Bowl Creche: Pictures

Brad Pitt cops a feel of Angelina Jolie at the Super Bowl – Touch Up! - and the fun does not end there. Waiting for the adverts to come on and break up the American Soccer Cup, we also spotted Jennifer Lopez with Marc Anthony and son Max... More »

8th, February 2010 Reviews 2

Private Eye Caught Out By Dr Andrew Wakefield's MMR Special

Private Eye magazine dedicated a special edition to MMR in 2002: “The story so far: a comprehensive review of the MMR vaccination/autism controversy”. Only, it wasn't all the helpful... More »

8th, February 2010 Reviews 6

Now The EU Won't Ban Our Milk Jugs

WHEN we read on the Express's front page “EURO meddlers rule we can’t have milk jugs”, we were aghast and dismayed. hwo very dare the EU ban out Great British milk jugs. More »

8th, February 2010 Reviews 3

Gordon Brown Has An Impotent Banana In His Pocket

IN “Gordon’s Gone Bananas” the Sun says that Gordon Brown is eating “up to nine bananas a day” as he shapes up for the election... More »

8th, February 2010 Celebrities 2

Revealed: The Secret Of Cliff Richard And Mick Jagger's Skin

THE Daily Mail brings new of the “Peter Pan” gene that means some people look younger than others. This apparent story is illustrated by a picture of Sir Cliff Richard (born October 1940) and Mick Jagger (not knighted and born in July 1943)... More »

8th, February 2010 Strange But True

Saudi Arabia Rejects Pakistan Amabassador 'Biggest Dick'

THE biggest Dick in Saudi Arabia is not Akbar Zib, the Pakistani diplomat and nominative determinism victim... More »

8th, February 2010 Madeleine McCann 2

Madeleine McCann: John Terry, Books And Lawyers

MADELEINE McCann: Can Madeleine McCann be linked to the latest big news story – John Terry’s alleged shags – and can we find more reason to gawp at Kate and Gerry McCann?... More »

8th, February 2010 Celebrities 8

Alex Reid Asks Katie Price For A 'Divorce': Pictures

ALEX REID and KATIE PRICE have married and “Split”. Alex Reid wants a divorce. Tango & Gash are fading, not literally. But they are finished... More »

7th, February 2010 Celebrities 1

Win Tickets For Miley Cyrus Haiti Film, Joe McElderry Goes Free

HAITI is a huge deal for popstars. You can look at the worst Charity singles here. And know that Miley Cyrus tells us: “Ever since the earthquake, I've been trying to do my part to help the people of Haiti – and I wanted to do more"... More »

7th, February 2010 Strange But True

US Soldier Waterboards His Daugther In English Class

JOSHUA Tabor tells police that6 he waterboarded his four-year-old daughter for failing to recite the Bible. Anorak think he should have worked her up to gargling while saying her A to Z. More »

7th, February 2010 Reviews

Gherkin Charity Run Turns Into Pickled Cucumber: Pictures

To the 38th floor of London’s Gerkhin building with joggers. Anorak likes the idea of themed building in London. The joggers area an American import and deserve sympathy. I More »

7th, February 2010 Celebrities

Kate Gosselin Shows Her Butter Face: Pictures

Kate Gosselin is spotted after having dinner at 'Butter' in New York. Butter. If there is a word that screams the cri de Coeur in puritanical New York it is Butter... More »

7th, February 2010 Sports

In Pictures: EastEnders Wins Best Soap At British Asian Sports Awards

The Change4Life British Asian Sports Awards, is not the world’s shortest least-keenly competed Sports awards do, that’s the Jewish Sports Awards, followed by the Saudi Arabian Women of Sports Awards and the Married Female Golfers’ All-Comers Awards.. More »

7th, February 2010 Celebrities 2

So You Think You Can Dance: Cat Deeley Nurses Leona Lewis: Pictures

Round whatever of BBC1’s So You Think You can Dance – or SYTYCD as they say in the Polish nurse in the STD clinic calls it. More »

7th, February 2010 TV & Radio

John Terry Does Not Pull A Cockroach From His Ear: A Video

John Terry knows it could be worse. You could have a live cockroach in your ear... More »